ABOUT

Background I started playing what my father was playing on the piano when I was 4 (in 1962), and started lessons when I was 5. I took private lessons for 14 years and have been playing ever since. Now I play and teach Piano, Guitar, Flute, and Trumpet, and have recently started to learn Violin, and Alto Saxaphone. Recently, I have started playing and making American Indian style Wood Flutes and hope to accompany myself on my next CD with an original Flute. I also tune and repair pianos.  I've been tuning pianos since about 1973. It's been a dream of mine for most of my life to be on an album - so to have come out with my own solo piano album is a dream come true. I like a lot of different styles and have had several different influences through the years. A couple of my students took me to a David Lanz concert in 1990, and I've been focused on mainly playing New Age style piano since.

Interests

Music (of course), The Ocean, Motorcycles, Kayaking, Sailing, Hiking, Swimming, basically anything outside. My favorite way to start the day is to spend 1/2 hour or so feeding the birds, then walking with my dog.